On JUNE 5, 2013, the CIVIL LIBERTIES HOUR on KMUD Redwood Community Radio looked at current California water regulation and enforcement. Bonnie Blackberry hosted the show and welcomed guests: Fish and Wildlife (F&W) Warden Shane Embry and citizen activist Tom Grover in the studio, and F&W Biologist and Environmental Scientist Jane Arnold by telephone.

Blackberry introduced the subject of water regulations by reading the following pertinent details from a copy of a certified letter a local landowner had recently received from the CA Water Board: "The State Water Resources Control Board Division of Water Rights was notified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife of potential CA Water Code violations for failure to file a Statement of Water Diversion and Use, and a potential unauthorized diversion of water on your property located at . . . And the Division was also notified by the Department of Fish & Wildlife of an alleged fish-kill that occurred in October of 2012 as a result of low-flow conditions in China Creek. . .

Update: KMUD makes audio recording of this nearly three-hour forum available on this website. Audio has been edited into five parts, and can be listened to or downloaded from the links below.

Salmonid Restoration Federation and Friends of the Eel River hosted a Water Rights educational forum for rural landowners on July 11, 2013 at the Beginnings Octagon in Briceland. Speakers included Jane Arnold, water specialist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Matt McCarthy with the Division of Water Rights of the State Water Board, Tasha McKee Sanctuary Forest, Bryan McFadin of the Northcoast Water Quality Control Board, and Scott Greacen of Friends of the Eel River. An audience of about 150 residents came to learn about water rights, small domestic use permits, and what constitutes a riparian right. For more information, please call SRF at 707 923-7501 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

A Water Rights Educational Forum for Rural Landowners will be held on Thursday, July 11 from 4-7pm at the Beginnings Octagon in Briceland.The forum will be hosted by Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) and Friends of the Eel River and features speakers Jane Arnold, Water Specialist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Matt McCarthy with the Division of Water Rights of the State Water Control Board, Bryan McFadin, from the North Coast Water Quality Control Board, and Tasha McKee from Sanctuary Forest. Attendees will learn about water rights, small domestic use permits, and what constitutes a riparian right. For more information call SRF at 707 923-7501 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

There will be time set aside after the presentations for a question and answer period. The presentation part of the Water Rights Forum will be broadcast live on KMUD from 4 to 6 pm.

Use the player below to hear more about this Water Rights Forum, including an interview with Dana Soltzman, Executive Director of Salmonid Restoration Federation. This story was aired by KMUD News Director, Terri Klemetson on the KMUD Local News Mon., July 8. 2013.

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